An inquest into the death of teenager Callum Dawson, who drowned in the River Aire in Leeds last month, has discovered that the location given to the emergency services was 'unclear'.

The 17-year-old had entered the water near Cardigan Fields on the evening of Tuesday, June 26, with his friends, but struggled against the power of the river and drowned after 'disappearing' from view.

"Four young men met in Leeds city centre to go swimming in the River Aire," said senior coroner Kevin McLoughlin in a short hearing at Wakefield Coroner's Court.

"Mr Dawson was seen to be struggling and disappeared under the water."

The underwater search and marine unit for West Yorkshire conducted an overnight search (Image: Twitter/YAthMarineUnit)

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A call was put into the ambulance service at 6:45pm, but Mr McLoughlin revealed that the location given to the emergency services was 'unclear', which led to an extensive 90-minute search by West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service's specialist water rescue teams, police officers and a helicopter crew from the National Police Air Service.

However, they failed to find the body of Callum, and West Yorkshire Police resumed the search later that night.

The body of a 17-year-old boy was pulled from the River Aire near Cardigan Fields on Wednesday, June 27

"An underwater police diver recovered his lifeless body from the water at 01:25am on June 27," said Mr McLoughlin. "He was formally acknowledged to have died at 02:10am at Leeds General Infirmary."

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Callum was unemployed after leaving college and his address was given as the Nite Inn, Beeston.

The inquest continues.

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